Bundesliga, matchday eight: Bayern wins by a 5-0 lead, Borussia KO. Leverkusen draws

Milan, 27 October 2024 - Eighth day of Bundesliga between draws, goal-fests and sudden defeats. There are five matches that ended in a draw, starting with Friday's advance between Mainz e Borussia Monchengladbach. What is causing a stir, however, is above all the one between Werder Brema e Bayer Leverkusen, with Xabi Alonso's team conceding a goal in the 90th minute from Romano Schmid. Things went worse for Borussia Dortmund and loses at home to Augsburg 2-1 and must deal with the red card to Kabar in the 99th minute. The one celebrating, also by virtue of these two results, is the Bayern Munich having an easy life on the Bochum pitch and wins 5-0, thus going to +5 from the reigning champions of Leverkusen and maintaining the top of the table. Let's retrace the challenges of this eighth day of the Bundesliga.

All the matches of the weekend

We start on Friday with the draw between Mainz e Borussia Monchengladbach. A challenge dominated, in numbers, by the home team who shot 23 times towards the away goal. The goal came only in the second half with the own goal di Stefan Lainer in the 55th minute, but time to bring the ball back to midfield Team Kleindienst scores the equaliser for the Bianconeri. We move on to Saturday with the Leipzig wins 3-1 against Freiburg, continuing to put pressure on Bayern Munich. The lead after 15 minutes goes to the guests with Tap what a fish Doan who doesn't miss. The hosts raise the tempo and start to become dangerous with Sesko, but the goal doesn't come in the first half. Leipzig comes onto the pitch with more hunger and immediately finds the 1-1 with Orban. This is the goal that starts the comeback, because in the 58th minute there is the goal of GeertruidThe match ends in the 79th minute with a gol very beautifull alone of Laws openday who holds his own against a defender, skips past the goalkeeper and scores. Important victory for theAugsburg 2-1 vs Borussia DortmundThe yellow and blacks take the lead after 4 minutes with Donyell Doodling, but the home team did not lose heart and equalised in the 25th minute with a strike from Clude-Maurice. The Frenchman then repeated himself in the 50th minute, when he found the shot that earned him his second goal and the 2-1 lead for the Bavarians. In the last minute, a second yellow card also arrived for News and is expelled. St Pauli and Wolfsburg draw 0-0, a match without too many emotions. Only the goal disallowed for offside for the home team in the 53rd minute is worth mentioning. Equal also between Werder Bremen and Bayer Leverkusen. The usual one is then in charge of uncorking the match boniface on the opposite side in the 30th minute on an assist from Frimpong. Zetter denied Xabi Alonso's striker a brace, while on the other side Hradecky performed a couple of miracles but had to surrender to Ducksch. A couple of minutes pass by Aug. wrong all and gives Bayer the 2-1 with a sensational own goal. Werder breathes a sigh of relief and returns to attack, finding a sensational 2-2 at 90' with SchmidWe arrive at Sunday with three matches, two of which are draws. In addition to the 0-0 between Heidenheim and Hoffenheim, there is also the1-1 between Union Berlin and Eintracht Frankfurt. The guests immediately put their foot down on the accelerator, and after less than fifteen minutes they took the lead with a goal from Mario Gotze, the quickest to put it in following a corner kick. Back on the pitch after the locker room break, Svensson's men pushed for 1-1, and after a few minutes they finally managed to bring the match back into balance: assist from Skov and equaliser in the 66th minute by HollerbachThe day ends with a resounding victory for Bayern Munich away to Bochum 0-5. Kompany's team forgets the Champions League defeat in the best possible way. After a save on the line by former Napoli player Kim, the dance opens  Olis, with a very soft left-footed free kick. The script repeats itself in the 26th minute: a perfect cross from Kimmich from a set piece and a winning header from She had to. Coman found the back of the net again in the 54th minute, but his goal was disallowed for offside. It was only a matter of time, because the third goal came with the usual Harry Kane four minutes later. The poker is signed by Leroy Sane and in the end there is glory for too Coman.